Unsaturated chiral-only-at-metal rhodium(iii) complexes bearing SiN-type ligands†
Abstract
Enantiopure chiral-at-metal rhodium(III) unsaturated 16e complexes have been obtained from racemic [Rh(SiN)2Cl] (SiN= 8-(dimethylsilyl)quinoline) using a readily accessible chiral spiroborate as chiral resolution agent. This strategy allows an easy access to enantiopure neutral Δ/Λ-Rh(SiN)2Cl and cationic Δ/Λ-Rh(SiN)2[BAr4F] unsaturated complexes, wherein rhodium(III) is coordinated to two inert silylquinoline ligands in a propeller-like arrangement.